Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake Photos
Posted on January 9, 2009 Comments (1)
I have posted photos from the first day of my Utah trip: Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake City. The Great Salt Lake is
- The largest U.S. lake west of the Mississippi River
- The 4th largest terminal lake (no outlet) in the world
- A remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric freshwater lake that was 10 times larger than Great Salt Lake
- About 75 miles long, and 28 miles wide, and covers 1,700 square miles – it fluctuates in size during the year and over the years
- Has a maximum depth of about 35 feet
- Typically 3 to 5 times saltier than the ocean
- Fish free, the largest aquatic critters are brine shrimp and brine flies
- One of the largest migratory bird magnets in Western North America
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January 12th, 2009 @ 6:46 am
This photo (loved the bees) really reminds me of death valley somehow. I love these photo that capture nature…